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title: "7 Didn Forgive Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [If I didn't forgive the people who took me into the barracks and beat me unconscious over a period of days during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-adams/if-i-didn-t-forgive-the-people-who-took-me-into-the-barracks-and-beat/)

[Gerry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-adams/)

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> [For we did makeup. But we didn't forgive each other. And we didn't take steps. And it got to be too late…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-munro/for-we-did-makeup-but-we-didn-t-forgive-each-other-and-we-didn-t-take/)

[Alice Munro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-munro/)

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> [“But she stopped herself. That wouldn't make it right. You didn't forgive because it was the only choice you thought you had.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-addison-allen/but-she-stopped-herself-that-wouldn-t-make-it-right-you-didn-t/)

[Sarah Addison Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-addison-allen/)

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> [Just show him that I didn't need his apology, I guess. Show him that I was okay. Better than okay. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelley-armstrong/just-show-him-that-i-didn-t-need-his-apology-i-guess-show-him-that-i/)

[Kelley Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelley-armstrong/)

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> [But people didn't forgive you for doing what felt right-that was the last thing they forgave you for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chad-harbach/but-people-didn-t-forgive-you-for-doing-what-felt-right-that-was-the/)

[Chad Harbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chad-harbach/)

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> [“Maybe I let other people influence how I saw Jesus. Maybe since they didn't forgive me, I thought He wouldn't either.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-g-stevens/maybe-i-let-other-people-influence-how-i-saw-jesus-maybe-since-they/)

[Amanda G. Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-g-stevens/)

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> [“So all I have is the knowledge that I saw! That I saw without being afraid and without turning away, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/so-all-i-have-is-the-knowledge-that-i-saw-that-i-saw-without-being/)

[Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/)

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